Validity and reliability of the Persian version of the oropharyngeal Mucositis quality of life scale

BMC Oral Health

Seyed Mehdi Hashemi¹  Mahboubeh Yari Galousalari²  Mona Pourpasha³  Mohammad Setayesh⁴  Azizallah Dehghan⁵  Fatemeh Sadat Hasheminasab⁶ 

[1] Clinical Immunology Research Center, Ali-Ebne Abitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran;Department of Hemato-Oncology, Bahonar Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Dentistry School, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran;Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran;Pharmacology Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran;

关键词: Oral mucositis;    Validity;    Reliability;    OMQoL;    Quality of life;    Iran;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12903-021-01938-w

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundOral mucositis is one of the serious complications of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy that significantly affects the quality of patients’ life. The Oropharyngeal Mucositis-Specific Quality-of-Life questionnaire (OMQoL) is an acceptable instrument for measuring the quality of life in these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of OMQoL questionnaire.MethodsThis study was a cross-sectional and multi-centric research. After translation from English to Persian, back translation, and cultural adaptation, the Persian version of the questionnaire was prepared. One hundred forty-four patients suffering from oral mucositis referred to three different university affiliated hospitals related to Zahedan, Kerman and Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences, were participated in this study. Then the questionnaire was completed by trained interviewers. The reliability was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and validity was measured through factor analysis, and construct validity (including discriminant validity, and convergent validity) methods.ResultsCronbach's alpha in all dimensions was higher than 0.9 that indicated a perfect internal consistency. The results of factor analysis indicated that the dimensions specified in the Persian version were the same as the original version (Factor loading of all items > 0.4). The correlation coefficient for all items was more than 0.75, and the convergence validity was 100% in all dimensions.ConclusionThe results of this study showed that the reliability, and validity of Persian version of OMQoL were acceptable, which can be used to measure the quality of life in patients with oral mucositis.

【 授权许可】

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